The_Bird_Man

The Bird Man The Bird Man Always the little kid on the playing field and eager to have fun and be the best at what ever he did, buy being discouraged by his idols but still determined to do the best he could. Tony Hawk has accomplished many goals that no one has done before and still unheard of. His numerous amount of contest won, starting his own successful skateboard company, and landing the most difficult vert skateboard trick ever, the 900. Through all of his times he has contributed to making skateboarding a mainstream, respectable, and acceptable sport while still progressing in the sport. Tony Hawks childhood was more different than most. Being the youngest of the whole family and having two somewhat older parents. Born on May 12, 1968 in San Diego he was somewhat of a “demon boy” (Hawk 1). His sister Lenore was 21 his sister Patricia was 18 and brother Steve was 12. Growing up Tony even admitted, “I was a geek” (19). He was also not so coordinated when he “recognized his natural talent and stopped crawling and started falling” (23). As a boy Tony tried organized sports and did not like the team thing. “When bird, man, tony, skateboarding, tony’s, one, team, first, dad, year, started, stacey, school, out, contest, skated, skateboard, oasis, friends, birdhouse, after, skating, skate, professional, house, every, didn’t, best, being, two, time, sport, said, place, park, over, ever